| Broken | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | Jimmy McGovern |
| Written by | Jimmy McGovern Nick Leather Colette Kane Shaun Duggan |
| Directed by | Ashley Pearce Noreen Kershaw |
| Starring | Sean Bean Adrian Dunbar Anna Friel Muna Otaru Mark Stanley Aisling Loftus Paula Malcolmson Ned Dennehy Danny Sapani |
| Opening theme | "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" by Nina Simone |
| Ending theme | "Broken" by Ray Davies[1] |
| Composers | Matthew Hall Stephen Vedmore |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Colin McKeown Jimmy McGovern Sean Bean |
| Producer | Donna Molloy |
| Cinematography | Joel Devlin |
| Editors | Patrick Hall Kyle Ogden |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | LA Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One |
| Release | 30 May – 4 July 2017 |
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Broken is a six-part British television drama series, created by Jimmy McGovern, that first broadcast on BBC One on 30 May 2017. The series focuses on Michael Kerrigan (Sean Bean), the priest of a Roman Catholic parish in a northern English city, who despite suffering from his own troubles stemming from a traumatic childhood, tries to guide several of his most vulnerable parishioners through the trials and tribulations of everyday life.
The series was directed by Ashley Pearce and Noreen Kershaw; while Shaun Duggan, Colette Kane and Nick Leather all contributed to McGovern's scripts. The series was released on DVD on 10 July 2017.[2]
Bean won a British Academy Television Award for Best Actor while Friel was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.